Alternate Chords

• Mar 28, 2017 - 15:06

Is there a way of adding alternative chords, e.g. Em for Gm

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• Mar 28, 2017 - 15:32

You can write more than one chord on the same note.
Just select the note and press Ctrl-K again.
After you have written the new chord, press the esc key on your keyboard, then move it up or down with the arrow keys on the keyboard.

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• Mar 28, 2017 - 19:12

You can also define a custom text style to assign to your alternate chords so you can make them a different size as well as position. To create a custom text style, right click one chord symbol, Text Style, hit New, give it a name and change the properties as desired. Now you can user the Inspector to assign that style to any chords you like.

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• Jan 25, 2023 - 12:26

After years of famil with MS3, I realise that MS4 is the way forward.
Question: For piano, in the treble hand, I need a chord consisting of a quaver, PLUS two minims, the latter holding for the bar, and the quaver continuing with the melody.
How do I create a composite chord of notes of a different length?

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• Jan 25, 2023 - 13:29

Thank you Jojo.
Yes, I've found the 'voices' tab.
However, after years of scoring for a one-note instrument with MS3, now attempting to score for piano with MS4, experimenting with this tab simply changes all the notes in the chord - not merely the selected ones.
It must be frustrating for an expert to encounter such incompetence. But a little more detail would be very welcome.

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